(A) No Establishment nor employee or agent of same nor other person shall allow or permit any gambling upon any premises where any video gaming terminal is placed except for a video gaming terminal properly licensed and lawfully operated in accordance with the Illinois Video Gaming Act, being 230 ILCS 40\, and with the Ordinances of the City of Mt. Vernon.
(B) No person, nor any entity in which such person has any interest, who has been convicted (including a no contest or similar plea) of any gambling offense as prescribed by any criminal code, statute, ordinance, or regulation of the United States or of any State or of any political subdivision of either shall be eligible to hold any Video Gaming Terminal License issued hereunder for a period of one (1) year from date of the conviction for a single offense, three (3) years from date of conviction for a second offense, and permanently in the event of a conviction for a third offense.
(C) (1) If any gambling offense resulting in a conviction of any person (including a no contest or similar plea) shall occur at any Establishment, all licenses for any video gaming terminal devices placed upon the Establishment may be revoked and if said license or licenses are revoked, no license shall be granted to any person for a period of one (1) year from date of revocation for the placement of any video gaming terminal device upon the Establishment if said Establishment shall continue to be owned, leased or subject to the control of the same interested party or parties as of the date of the gambling offense or subject to the ownership, interest, or control of any person related thereto.
(2) RELATED means being employed by, owning stock in, being a partner in, having any interest directly or indirectly in or being related by blood or marriage in the following relationships: spouse, parent, step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, child, stepchild, grandchild, step-grandchild, brother, step-brother, sister, step-sister, uncle or aunt.
(Prior Code, Art. 11, § 11.16)